How TouchGuides compares

Side by side with the two guidebook tools hosts weigh us against, including the rows where they are ahead.

Touch Stay alternative

TouchGuides vs Touch Stay

Touch Stay is the bigger toolkit: guest texting, reservation sync, embedded forms and payments. TouchGuides is the faster way to a finished guidebook, with a printed booklet and a free welcome sign besides. Pick on which of those you need.

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Hostfully alternative

TouchGuides vs Hostfully

If you run Hostfully's property manager, keep their guidebook: it syncs with it, and they have a free plan for a single guidebook. If your guidebook stands on its own, TouchGuides writes it for you from an address, never shows ads, and lets you pick from 10 looks without a paid plan.

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TouchGuides compared with Touch Stay and Hostfully on price, trial, and features.
Feature	TouchGuides	Touch Stay	Hostfully
Price for one property	$9 a year founder, then $9 a month	Free with 20 guest views a guidebook a month; paid from $8.25 a property a month	Free for one guidebook; Pro price on request
Free trial	14 days, no card	14 days, no card	Free plan, one guidebook
AI drafting	Generator and per-section assistant	Guidebook generator and content assistant	Guidebook Wizard
Video and map embeds	Yes	Video, images and links; a recommendations map	Yes
Local recommendations from Google	Host-picked, with photos and distance	Host-added, on a map with directions	Imported from Google, unlimited
Guest translation	17 languages, five ready on publish	30+ languages, guest-triggered	16+ languages
Custom branding	Ten looks and a remix free, logo and colour on paid plans	Logo, colours, fonts	Paid plans
Your own domain	A touchguides.com address free, your own on paid plans	Growth plan and up	Every plan, including Free
PDF export	Yes	See site	Print, PDF, link, QR code
Printable QR sheets	A4 or Letter, in your brand colour	QR code sharing	Print, PDF, link, QR code
Review capture	Rating prompt, with private feedback under four stars	5-star review pop-up	See site
Guest analytics	Per-guidebook dashboard, 30 days	Data dashboard	See site
Guest AI chatbot	Answers from your guidebook alone	Integrated AI Chatbot	Itinerary planner, not a question answerer
Guest contact capture	Optional form with a consent line, CSV export	Names, emails and phones at guide access	See site
Upsells	Not yet	Upsell widget	Guidebook Marketplace
Scheduled messaging	Email, five per stay	Memo: scheduled email and SMS	See site
Two-way guest messaging	No	Send and receive SMS from the dashboard	See site
Booking and PMS sync	Not yet	Reservations sync for every booking	Syncs with Hostfully PMS, on every plan
Third-party embeds	YouTube and Google Maps	Forms, playlists and payment capture	See site
Ads in your guidebook	Never	See site	On the free plan; removing them is a paid feature

Competitor details come from their own public pages, read in October 2026; where a page does not say, the cell reads "See site". Sources: Touch Stay features, Touch Stay home, Touch Stay branding, Hostfully guidebook pricing, Hostfully guidebooks.